Keady (from Irish An Céide, meaning 'the flat-topped hill'[1]) is a town and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

[3] A tributary of the River Callan, known as the Clea, flows from its source in Clea Lake (also spelled as Clay Lake) through the middle of the village.

In the middle of the town, on the banks of the river, stands the Old Mill, which has been converted into workshops and offices.

Keady is classified as an intermediate settlement by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with a population between 2,500 and 4,999 people).

[8] On Census Day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Keady Settlement was 3,051, accounting for 0.17% of the NI total.